I've never used the clock on the jrIDE ... the software is floating around with a link somewhere in the forums; I'll get that fixed so that it is in a more easily discovered location.

As for 2 CF cards, I wouldn't try that just yet. I'm looking to get some time to scrub the BIOS code and make sure nothing terrible happens. It's based on Hargle's original BIOS for the XT-IDE so there are some weak spots, like error handling.

Getting the BIOS fixed so that two devices work would be great. DOM as master and CF slave for file transfers and backing up the DOM. I use my Parallel port CF now, but it is slow and the driver software is rather large.

Enhanced PCjr with a jr-IDE (1GB DOM) and a parallel port side car with a compact flash reader and backpack 1.44mb floppy attached. Tandy video mod.

The RTC is a Dallas 12887 module, and is socketed for replacement. The date and time is set by a program called rtc, loaded in the autoexec.bat file on startup. IRQ 1, 2 or 7 can be selected for its operation. I suggest IRQ2 because the parallel port uses IRQ7 and the keyboard on a regular PC uses IRQ1, which could possibly confuse some programs that are not PCjr-aware. The Speech Attachment also uses IRQ1.

To set the date and time for the RTC, first, set the correct date and time in DOS using the DATE and TIME commands. Next, run the rtc.com program with the /r switch. This will send the date and time you told DOS to the RTC. Finally, add the rtc.com program to your autoexec.bat file with the /d switch. Upon every bootup, this will fetch the correct date and time from the RTC and automatically set it in DOS.

Getting the BIOS fixed so that two devices work would be great. DOM as master and CF slave for file transfers and backing up the DOM. I use my Parallel port CF now, but it is slow and the driver software is rather large.

The BIOS has full support for two drives. The bug Mike is referring to is that it isn't correctly catching access to a 2nd drive when it doesn't exist, so in fact you're going to be LESS buggy if you run both drives at the same time.

Getting the BIOS fixed so that two devices work would be great. DOM as master and CF slave for file transfers and backing up the DOM. I use my Parallel port CF now, but it is slow and the driver software is rather large.

The BIOS has full support for two drives. The bug Mike is referring to is that it isn't correctly catching access to a 2nd drive when it doesn't exist, so in fact you're going to be LESS buggy if you run both drives at the same time.

Thanks! I thought something like that when I saw how jrIDE BIOS was hanging for a while on 2nd drive detection